Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
White Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) - HBW 4, p. 278
French: Cacatoès blanc
German: Weißhaubenkakadu
Spanish: Cacatúa Blanca
Other common names: Umbrella/White-crested Cockatoo
Taxonomy: Psittacus albus P. L. S. Müller, 1776, Moluccas.
Alternative genus name Kakatoe now obsolete; official suppression proposed. Forms superspecies with C. moluccensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Moluccas, on Halmahera, Bacan, Ternate, Tidore, Kasiruta and Mandioli. Specimens from Obi and Bisa thought to have been escapes.
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A close-up of a perched bird Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2007 3 years ago 22 sec 4.5 -
A bird calling. Locality Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 2 years ago 35 sec 3.4 -
A bird preening high in a tree. Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 20 August 2011 20 weeks ago 21 sec 3
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Portrait of an adult.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
gemma aznar 29 March 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A perched bird.
Locality Warsaw Zoo, Warsaw, Masovian Province, Poland (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 30 December 2008 2 years ago 4 -
An adult perched on a rope.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
gemma aznar 19 June 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Portrait of an adult.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
gemma aznar 29 March 2010 1 year ago 3 -
An adult perched on a rope.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Alberto Soria 30 January 2010 2 years ago 3 -
An adult perched on a rope.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
gemma aznar 5 June 2010 1 year ago 2.7
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Calls of a bird.
Locality Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird calling intensively.
Locality Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Chonburi, Central Thailand, Thailand
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2008 2 years ago 3.7
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